Raise Magical Girls and Leave Them With Eternal Regret

4. It’s just my clumsy imitation!

“So, the scarred boy ended up living with the sun-like girl.”

“And the youth romance story surrounding them will thus begin…”

“So what is this, some kind of light novel summary??? It’s way too intense!”

“Sorry, sorry, it just came to me~ I didn’t expect your human stuff to be quite interesting~”

One morning, Yuyou was awakened by the Mamba inside him. This guy had been hanging around in his body all day yesterday, so their vision and information were basically shared.

Thus, after Yuyou’s intense surfing on the old phone Wuyue had given him yesterday, Mamba had been somewhat baptized by the abstract information of the internet in this world… within predictable limits, it might head towards an even more abstract state.

So, this guy, hasn’t he encountered any internet-related content in the previous dozens of timelines? Then why does he still post?

And the explanation he gives is usually like this:

“I only do things that benefit my goals.”

As for entertainment and leisure… he generally doesn’t engage in those. Every time he goes online, it’s for research or asking questions.

“Well, that really is something.”

Yuyou commented on this.

Is it fair to say that the villain is the most straightforward person? Speaking normally, with clear intentions, simply wanting revenge and to destroy the world.

He’s as blank as a sheet of paper.

“Forget it… I won’t argue with you. You should have told me last night, right? You creatures feed on negative emotions to strengthen yourselves—jealousy, guilt, regret, despair, all those emotions are included, right?”

“Yeah, that’s true.”

“Oh~ now I understand.”

Saying this, Yuyou lowered his head to look at his own fist, squeezing it tightly, and he probably figured out what was going on.

He still remembered that after telling Wuyue about “family” yesterday, his body had clearly absorbed something. That something could make him stronger, improve his spirit.

Thinking about it, that something was “negative emotions,” generated from Wuyue’s guilt.

If he wanted to enhance his own strength in the future, then using this plan of occasionally revealing sad and guilt-inducing information to gain negative emotions could be quite useful, right?

“But the premise is to build up feelings…”

The more feelings he holds, the more “guilt” and other negative emotions he can acquire.

It’s just like rolling a snowball.

“Although it might feel a bit unfair to you… I’ll try to hold back a little.”

With that thought, Yuyou exhaled, got out of bed, and after washing up, headed towards the kitchen.

He had already decided that from now on, he would do his utmost to help Wuyue, to make her feel “happy.”

After all, to be honest, that kid is quite unfortunate. During dinner yesterday, she introduced her background, saying that her parents went missing when she was young, and she had relied on her grandmother, living alone until now, with no one to help her. Even two years ago, her grandmother passed away.

Now, she was all alone at home.

Logically speaking, when recounting these things, she should have looked very sad.

Yet even so, while telling these stories, she managed to maintain a faint smile, not breaking into tears.

Though it was clear she was on the verge of doing so.

And she could still maintain that almost breaking point to complete tasks like cooking, doing homework, and applying medicine…

If it was just to uphold this strong image, that would be truly tragic.

However, perhaps because of this, feeling that their situations were similar, she allowed him to stay.

“It’s truly lamentable that a magical girl has such a tragic background.”

Even the mamba inside her fell silent upon hearing this.

“So, just based on this, it has to be done.”

With that thought, Yuyu tied on her apron.

Starting with a breakfast, she would gradually let herself feel happiness.

And then…

“Don’t forget, Yuyu.”

The mamba reminded her.

“Make sure she… regrets it for life!”

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In the girl’s room.

“Uh heh heh… Flowers, grow quickly~”

Dressed in a bear pajama, lying on her bed, the girl murmured these sleep-talking words with a silly grin on her face—this was Wuyue.

And just like before, she was sleeping soundly.

“……”

Thus, just like before—

She paid the price.

“Beep beep! Beep beep!”

“…Wah?! What’s happening?! Wait! Am I going to be late again?!”

Awakened by the alarm on her phone, Wuyue, who had just been exhausted, instantly became alert. When she quickly grabbed her phone to check the time, she realized it was already 8:00!

There were only 20 minutes left until class, but it took her 30 minutes to bike there!

“Ahhh! Isn’t this just like before?! This alarm clock is completely useless!”

As Wuyue complained, she hurriedly tidied herself up, skillfully changing her clothes, but due to her anxiety, she made some mistakes that delayed her.

She didn’t even know when it had started, probably about a week ago. One morning a week ago, she suddenly felt drowsy, and an overwhelming sense of sleepiness hit her. The following days were the same, causing her to be late for school several times, even missing breakfast.

This situation had continued until now.

She thought setting an alarm for seven would wake her up… but it was completely ineffective! It was as if she couldn’t hear it at all!

Even trying to set an alarm every five minutes didn’t work!

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

Seeing Wuyue rush out of her room in a flurry, Yuyu, who was about to knock on her door, stopped in front of her and asked.

“I’m late! Late! I’m so sorry, Yuyu! I’m heading to school right now! I’m really sorry…”

As Wuyue hurriedly pushed the door open and ran towards the exit, she was about to step outside when it seemed she remembered something and suddenly stopped.

“Wait a minute…”

She hesitated and turned to look at Youyu behind her, letting out a helpless sigh.

“We can’t just leave him like this…”

After all, even now, she could still see the scars on Youyu’s body, though they were much better than the disastrous state from yesterday.

But no matter what… she couldn’t just leave an injured person at home, right? She could skip breakfast, but he couldn’t.

…Anyway, since they were already going to be late, she might as well throw caution to the wind!

“Um… on second thought, maybe it’s better to forget it. Since we’re going to be late anyway, Youyu, you haven’t had breakfast yet, right? What do you want to eat? Just tell me, and I’ll go get it for you right now…”

“I think you should still go to school.”

Youyu suddenly said with a serious expression.

“Huh?”

“As for breakfast, you don’t need to worry. I still have the ability to take care of myself. I’ve also prepared your portion.”

“…Ah? Uh, thank you?”

“But there’s definitely no time to eat now… Where’s your lunchbox? I’ll pack it for you.”

“…Over there.”

“Just a moment.”

“…”

Watching Youyu nimbly help her pack up her things, Wuyue was at a loss for words, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Soon, everything was packed up, and Youyu walked over to her.

“Th-thank you!”

After receiving the lunchbox that Youyu handed her, Wuyue was about to turn and leave quickly, but Youyu got in front of her.

Youyu said, stepping in front of her:

“Wait a minute! I remember your bicycle can carry two people, right?”

“Two people? Uh, um… I think it can?”

“Then that’s easy. Don’t be fooled by how I look now, but riding a bicycle is still no problem! Let me take you to school; it’ll definitely be faster!”

“Ah?! But… but why? Your body really…”

“There’s no need to hesitate at a time like this! Didn’t you tell me yesterday? Your expenses for school rely heavily on your scholarship!”

“If your attendance rate doesn’t meet the standard, what will happen to your scholarship?”

“Um…”

“…Anyway, hurry up and get on.”

Seeing Wuyue looking like she was about to cry again, Youyu turned his head away and pushed the bicycle in front of her, then sat down.

“……”

Looking at Yuyu, who was riding the bicycle in front of her, Wuyue hesitated for a few seconds before ultimately choosing to sit on the back seat.

However, for some reason, after she sat down, Yuyu remained still.

“…Hold on tight, or you might fall off.”

“Eh?! Um…”

Once she realized it, Wuyue’s face turned red as she cautiously wrapped her arms around him.

Feeling her embrace, Yuyu didn’t say anything more and simply pedaled the bicycle towards the location of Rainbow Middle School.

After all, he had surveyed the terrain around here last night, so if he rode quickly while controlling his speed, reaching the school within 20 minutes was no problem.

“……”

Feeling the wind around her stronger than usual, Wuyue held onto Yuyu and gazed at his profile from behind, gradually becoming lost in thought.

She couldn’t help but ask:

“Are you really okay like this? Plus, we haven’t known each other for long; you don’t have to do this for me…”

“…Hah? I can’t believe you would even ask that!”

Yuyu, riding the bicycle, chuckled helplessly.

They had only just met, and yet she could thoughtlessly decide to let him stay at her house because she felt sorry for his background.

Indeed, these “magical girl” protagonists all have somewhat peculiar personalities!

So all he needed to do was give a simple answer!

“You’re my lifesaver; doing this for you is the least I can do!”

“And besides, this is just me imitating you!”

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